NumberFormatter::create

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Create a number formatter

public static NumberFormatter NumberFormatter::create ( string $locale, int $style [, string $pattern ] )

Object oriented style (method)

Procedural style

NumberFormatter numfmt_create ( string $locale , int $style [, string $pattern ] )

Object oriented style (constructor):

public NumberFormatter::__construct ( string $locale , int $style [, string $pattern ] )

Creates a number formatter.

Parameters:

locale

Locale in which the number would be formatted (locale name, e.g. en_CA).

style

Style of the formatting, one of the format style constants. If NumberFormatter::PATTERN_DECIMAL or NumberFormatter::PATTERN_RULEBASED is passed then the number format is opened using the given pattern, which must conform to the syntax described in » ICU DecimalFormat documentation or » ICU RuleBasedNumberFormat documentation, respectively.

pattern

Pattern string if the chosen style requires a pattern.

Returns:

Returns NumberFormatter object or FALSE on error.

Examples:

numfmt_create() example

<?php
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt = numfmt_create( 'it', NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
echo numfmt_format($fmt, 1142)."\n";
?>

NumberFormatter::create() example

<?php
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'de_DE', NumberFormatter::DECIMAL );
echo $fmt->format(1234567.891234567890000)."\n";
$fmt = new NumberFormatter( 'it', NumberFormatter::SPELLOUT );
echo $fmt->format(1142)."\n";
?>